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Russian trade in goods with Vietnam in Q4 2018

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Vietnam in the fourth quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Vietnam

In the 4th quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Vietnam totaled $2,047,288,200, up 16.83% ($294,870,065) from the 4th quarter of 2017.

Russia’s exports to Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 totaled $1,132,686,427, up 42.85% ($339,760,771) from the 4th quarter of 2017.

Russia’s imports from Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $914,601,773, down 4.68% ($44,890,706) from the 4th quarter of 2017.

Russia’s trade balance with Vietnam went from a deficit of $166,566,823 in the 4th quarter of 2017, to a surplus of $218,084,654 in the 4th quarter of 2018.

Vietnam was Russia’s 21st largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2018 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 1.0958% of Russia’s total trade (up from 1.0484% in the 4th quarter of 2017).

Vietnam was Russia’s 23rd largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2018 (up from 30th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.9098% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7708% in the 4th quarter of 2017).

Vietnam was Russia’s 16th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2018 (up from 17th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 1.4670% of Russia’s total imports (down from 1.4927% in the 4th quarter of 2017).

Russia’s Exports to Vietnam

The major share of Russian exports to Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 56.28% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (48.10% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.54% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (13.14% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.28% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (4.86% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.05% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (15.35% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.38% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (4.77% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.78% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (4.42% in the 4th quarter of 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $592,892,868;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $54,184,174;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $18,212,220;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $14,723,473;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $13,040,995;
  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $7,425,972;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $4,726,444;
  • Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $3,974,877;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,746,874.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $298,282,400;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $61,460,086;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $60,687,643;
  • Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $27,251,661;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $7,217,365.
Russia’s exports to Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q4 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q4 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2018
over Q4 2017
02 Meat and edible meat offal 16,803,615 1.48 9,377,64379.19
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 8,949,006 0.79 4,222,562111.93
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 5,609-100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 2,531,201 0.22 1,040,062143.37
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 27,833-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 17,924 0.00 22,993-22.05
10 Cereals 30,150,242 2.66 91,610,328-67.09
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 7,949 0.00 778921.72
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 51,000 0.00 7,268,365-99.30
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1,731,888 0.15 1,050,55664.85
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 142,080 0.01 2,6215,320.83
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 2,988,882 0.26 2,375,26025.83
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 639,369 0.06 740,714-13.68
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 1,896,259 0.17 868,186118.42
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 273,234 0.02 632,215-56.78
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 990,941 0.09 404,769144.82
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 667,372 0.06 1,048,371-36.34
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 596,522 0.05 828,619-28.01
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 81,783 0.01 194,004-57.84
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,458,440 0.13 609,372139.33
26 Ores, slag and ash 2,845,955 0.25 2,583,14010.17
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 89,504,214 7.90 35,320,040153.41
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,255,024 0.11 3,052,207-58.88
29 Organic chemicals 5,451,155 0.48 5,526,515-1.36
30 Pharmaceutical products 2,452,189 0.22 1,504,32063.01
31 Fertilizers 33,300,615 2.94 20,259,62064.37
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 382,514 0.03 223,91670.83
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 883,279 0.08 963,075-8.29
34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster 200,526 0.02 202,711-1.08
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 153 0.00 121,175.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 384,455 0.03 820,085-53.12
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,179,493 0.28 2,398,55832.56
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,161,486 0.19 2,887,916-25.15
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 89,399 0.01 53,71366.44
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 15,870 0.00 19,622-19.12
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 3,012,511 0.27 2,151,92839.99
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 25 0.00 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 1,726,838 0.15 960,22579.84
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,866,381 0.34 4,392,467-11.98
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 275,671 0.02 27,527,332-99.00
52 Cotton 0 0.00 206-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 35,674 0.00 31,189,033.33
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 0 0.00 17,889-100.00
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 50,467-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 12,360 0.00 24,049-48.60
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 80 0.00 40100.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,979 0.00 50,142-94.06
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,778 0.00 5,128-65.33
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 15-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 121,408 0.01 61,26098.18
69 Ceramic products 1,139 0.00 8,673-86.87
70 Glass and glassware 389,484 0.03 39,039897.68
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 1,222 0.00 29,618-95.87
72 Iron and steel 113,097,767 9.98 98,374,29414.97
73 Articles of iron or steel 3,907,538 0.34 160,6642,332.12
74 Copper and articles thereof 15,801 0.00 25,948-39.11
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 2,079,387 0.18 5,302,954-60.79
80 Tin and articles thereof 0 0.00 39-100.00
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 279,318 0.02 337,725-17.29
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 27,716 0.00 16,60866.88
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 7,034,736 0.62 67,722,379-89.61
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 6,404,824 0.57 2,429,947163.58
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 604,912,093 53.41 12,019,2254,932.87
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 298,282,400-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 19,142,420 1.69 930,2001,957.88
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 6,712 0.00 10,107-33.59
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 300 0.00 17274.42
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings 16,923 0.00 95,120-82.21
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 381 0.00 11,353-96.64
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 43,800 0.00 14,844195.07
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 136 0.00 0
SS Classified 154,184,991 13.61 73 726 886109.13

Russia’s Imports from Vietnam

The major share of Russian imports from Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 62.62% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (66.31% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 18.86% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (15.55% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.92% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (12.03% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.33% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (2.45% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.16% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (1.13% in the 4th quarter of 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $13,789,531;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $5,588,502;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $4,737,636;
  • Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $4,055,271;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $3,662,869;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $2,813,536.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $59,867,215;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $15,471,443;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,412,942.
Russia’s imports from Vietnam in the 4th quarter of 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q4 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q4 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2018
over Q4 2017
01 Live animals 0 0.00 46,000-100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 18,340,730 2.01 33,812,173-45.76
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 2,127 0.00 2,204-3.49
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 239,680 0.03 216,34210.79
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 16,710,269 1.83 17,572,693-4.91
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 51,456,888 5.63 45,868,38612.18
10 Cereals 942,588 0.10 584,29361.32
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 3,567 0.00 72,631-95.09
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 173,875 0.02 106,94262.59
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 230,044 0.03 76,499200.72
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 2,696 0.00 3,138-14.09
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 36,586 0.00 46,388-21.13
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 873,139-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 38,603 0.00 30,60726.12
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 23,252 0.00 59,544-60.95
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 2,339,052 0.26 1,919,38821.86
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 5,721,346 0.63 6,230,119-8.17
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 12,446,797 1.36 7,709,16161.45
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 334,315 0.04 190,78975.23
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 966 0.00 18,080-94.66
26 Ores, slag and ash 146,903 0.02 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 462,116 0.05 20,5352,150.38
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 611,677 0.07 53,8181,036.57
29 Organic chemicals 30,105 0.00 8,682246.75
30 Pharmaceutical products 1,786,671 0.20 2,704,980-33.95
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 2,961,720 0.32 2,057,77343.93
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 33,134 0.00 26,80523.61
34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster 316,505 0.03 1,488,805-78.74
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 92,340 0.01 56,88062.34
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 3,192,512 0.35 5,275,084-39.48
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 855,982 0.09 381,900124.14
39 Plastics and articles thereof 4,680,532 0.51 5,489,523-14.74
40 Rubber and articles thereof 6,770,546 0.74 5,983,43313.15
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 21,050 0.00 9,376124.51
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 7,151,866 0.78 8,116,692-11.89
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 16,540 0.00 129,748-87.25
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 330,166 0.04 151,362118.13
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 614,934 0.07 664,527-7.46
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 275,310 0.03 226,85521.36
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 7,089 0.00 25,113-71.77
52 Cotton 1,414,578 0.15 838,01568.80
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 15,496-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 68,972 0.01 2,4042,769.05
55 Man-made staple fibers 1,031,025 0.11 618,62666.66
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 32,148 0.00 23,12839.00
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 42 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 16,838 0.00 16,2403.68
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,975,598 0.22 1,675,37517.92
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 46,504 0.01 127,785-63.61
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 29,024,768 3.17 25,361,89914.44
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 56,520,408 6.18 42,730,87732.27
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 6,092,164 0.67 4,068,56049.74
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 75,630,117 8.27 72,816,5813.86
65 Headgear and parts thereof 373,223 0.04 709,374-47.39
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 1,096 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 262,961 0.03 152,00972.99
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 422,109 0.05 156,624169.50
69 Ceramic products 1,032,312 0.11 565,72782.48
70 Glass and glassware 160,613 0.02 186,518-13.89
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 902,923 0.10 868,0334.02
72 Iron and steel 2,211,289 0.24 1,901,33716.30
73 Articles of iron or steel 5,161,217 0.56 5,518,796-6.48
74 Copper and articles thereof 91,127 0.01 59615,189.77
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 7,125 0.00 3,361111.99
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 2,254,803 0.25 3,059,497-26.30
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 890,972 0.10 378,695135.27
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 82,252,392 8.99 87,665,334-6.17
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 463,017,701 50.63 522,884,916-11.45
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 5,391 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 344,543 0.04 315,1259.34
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 19,273,884 2.11 19,279,487-0.03
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 7,823,365 0.86 6,054,06129.23
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 176,730 0.02 78,599124.85
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 32,634 0.00 29,8609.29
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings 2,679,943 0.29 2,798,858-4.25
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 11,252,466 1.23 7,197,19556.35
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2,680,388 0.29 2,918,064-8.14
SS Classified 36,325 0.00 165 020-77.99
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia